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Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#25Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/23/14 at 11:12amThey could have Oprah reading a phone book and her acolytes would flock to the theater in droves.
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#26Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/23/14 at 11:19amI'd rather see Oprah in MEMBER OF THE WEDDING, which is seen all too infrequently.
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#27Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/23/14 at 11:21amCurtain-YES-with Sydney Lucas as Frankie!
#28Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/23/14 at 11:52amI'm sure producers love the idea of NIGHT MOTHER (two actors, one set) with someone like Oprah, because even if she and Audra both took a large salary, it will make money. A large ensemble show like THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING might be less desirable.
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#29Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/26/14 at 5:29am
Yesterday saw a profile of Audra on "CBS Sunday Morning" hawking her current show. The interviewer mentioned this and she intimated that it's in talks.
If and when it happens, it will be a very exciting, very limited run.
Updated On: 5/26/14 at 05:29 AM
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#30Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/26/14 at 9:08am
"I'll probably get some backlash for this but if the two actresses do this I hope that Marsha Norman updates the script with some Ebonics -- these are two lower middle class women (just a step above poverty) they shouldn't talk like Tulane graduates."
Disagree.
Jessie and Thelma are not two lower middle class women just a step above poverty.
They are very much two ordinary women who should strike the audience as not being particularly upper middle nor lower middle class. The play is not written in any kind of dialect indicative of social class for a reason; that reason applies whether the two actresses are white or black.
From the script (please note the last lines):
"The play takes place in a relatively new house built way out a country road, with a living room and connecting kitchen and a center hall that leads off to the bedrooms. A pull cord in the hall ceiling releases a ladder which leads to the attic. One of the bedrooms opens directly onto the hall and its entry should be visible by everyone in the audience. It should be, in fact, the focal point of the entire set and the lighting should make it disappear completely at times and draw the entire set into it at others. It is a point of both treat and promise. It is an ordinary door that opens onto absolute nothingness. That door is the point of all the action and the utmost care should be given its design and construction.
The living room is cluttered with magazines and needlework catalogues, ashtrays and candy dishes. Examples of Mama's needlework are everywhere -- pillows, afghans and quilts, doilies and rugs,and they are quite nice examples. The house is more comfortable than messy, but there is quite a lot to keep in place here. It is more personal than charming. It is not quaint. Under no circumstances should the set and its dressing make a judgement about the intelligence or taste of Jessie and Thelma. It should simply indicate that they are very specific real people who happen to live in a particular part of the country. Heavy accents, which would further distance the audience from Jessie and Thelma are also wrong."
Just as most actresses have endeavored to honor this direction (including Spacek and Bancroft in the film), so should, and I expect will, McDonald and Winfrey. There is no reason why they should treat the direction differently because they are black.
Updated On: 5/26/14 at 09:08 AM
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#31Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/26/14 at 3:07pmI don't think MEMBER OF THE WEDDING has a larger cast than RAISIN IN THE SUN. Oprah's name could sustain that size a cast. RAISIN is a more well-known name but a great production of MEMBER could possibly be a hit. And you would only need one Star salary instead of two and it's a great role but she doesn't have to "carry" the whole show.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#32Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 5/27/14 at 11:13pmAudra was profiled last weekend on CBS Sunday Morning. She was asked about this project and all but confirmed that there was a recent reading.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#33Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 12:00am
Oprah's on Fallon right now and mentioned that she was hanging out with Audra. Wonder why? 
#34Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 12:02am^watching too and thought the exact same thing.
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#35Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 12:02amAnybody know if Audra is going to be on CBS Sunday Morning?
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#36Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 1:54amI don't think this is coming in this season though right?
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#37Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 4:07amI think next season.
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Brick
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
#38Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 11:32amI heard Fall '15, and as always, they're looking for the right house.
#39Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 12:38pmThe show is only in talks and already I can't afford it. I'm wagering orchestra are $300-$450.
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#40Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 12:49pm
Sydney Lucas in a few years might be a great Frankie.
Lucas's Fun Home co-star Alexandera Socha, around the same age now as Julie Harris when she played it, would be a terrific Frankie right now.
#41Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 1:11pm
I hope when this does come to Broadway, they bill it just like this thread title:
Oprah & Audra
in
'night Mother
No one will be confused about whom the marquis refers to.
LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#42Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 3:52pm
I recently re-read 'NIGHT MOTHER, and it holds up much better than I thought it would. The last revival was wrong on every level--wrong actors, wrong director, wrong tone--that it made me think the play was past its prime. But on the page, it still crackles and devastates. I think Oprah and Audra could make a great team, especially with a strong director like Wolfe at the helm.
Broadway has been in Oprah's sights for some time now. For a while, she was seriously considering bringing Lynn Nottage's RUINED to Broadway with herself in the lead role. That didn't happen, and she later planned to do it as an HBO film, which also fell through. But she's wanted to do theatre for some time, and now that she seems to be seriously focused on acting, maybe she will.
#43Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 9:14pm
I heard Fall '15, and as always, they're looking for the right house.
The Rodgers would be perfect for this or the Imperial in my eyes.
I doubt they will pick a smaller house in the 1000-1100 seat range and anything over 1500 seats would be crazy for this intimate 2 person play.
Producer Scott Sanders has a strong relationship with the Nederlanders yet produced Color Purple at the Broadway with the Shuberts.
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Updated On: 12/16/14 at 09:14 PM
JBakley
Swing Joined: 12/16/14
#44Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/16/14 at 10:05pmCan Oprah act she is a great person she really is and had to put up with lots of racist crap I respect her
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#45Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/19/14 at 3:20pmOprah was on Dr. Oz today and said she is "still trying to decide if she wants to do Broadway". She has a reading "later today" (not sure what day the show was taped).
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#46Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/19/14 at 3:55pmWatch The Color Purple. Oscar nominated and rightly so.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#47Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/19/14 at 3:59pm
"Oprah, Audra. Audra, Oprah."
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#48Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/20/14 at 9:16am
Audra.
Marsha.
'mother.
#49Oprah + Audra 'Night Mother?
Posted: 12/20/14 at 11:22amCan Oprah act? Oprah is one of the more underrated actresses alive today. Most people today agree that she should have won the Oscar in '85.
